Mai's
Secret Ireland Tours
With your authentic, local Irish Guides.
Mai Hernon
The Threshold of Your Dreams
Imagine yourself enjoying an adventure in the Irish countryside, rich in history, music, song and dance. From value-packed great tours to luxury once in a lifetime tours, we can give you that choice.
Quaint Towns and Villages Tour "West of Ireland"
Nov 7th/15th
Price of tour: was $1550 Double Occupancy,
A supplement of $200 for single travelers.
This is the tour of the quaint towns and villages, the tour of Music, poetry, myths and legends, history, enchantment of storytelling that you will find on your fun filled journey.
We will be taking you through some of the old, quaint and history filled towns and villages, full of mystery and magic. Every day and night will be full of music and craic.
See how the Irish live and entertain themselves during the long Autumn nights. This is a tour not to be missed.
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Itinerary
(Subject to slight change)
Day 1. We meet you at the arrivals hall in terminal 2 at Dublin airport at 8 am, take you across country to South Sligo, but we will be calling in to visit towns such as Maynooth, Carrick-on-Shannon, Boyle and Gurteen before we come to our accommodation for the week. Then we enjoy our first Irish traditional music session.
Day 2. We head out after a full Irish breakfast to make our way to Knock, and Galway. After spending some time in Galway we will bring you along the coast to a small craft village just outside Spiddal in Connemara.
Day 3. We take a scenic road trip to Kylemore Abbey. We will be visiting the beautiful and quaint towns of Westport, and Leanán on the way.
Day 4. Today we take a long journey through some of the beautiful countryside through Galway, to and through the costal towns of Kinvara, Doolin and on to see the magnificent Cliffs of Moher.
Day 5 We bring you to Glencar waterfall, Mullaghmore, Drumcliff where WB Yeats is laid to rest, scenic drive around the stunning Lough Gill, the famous Holy Well, we take you around the stunning Horseshoe drive. The scenery will take your breath away.
Day 6 We go in a different direction today. We head for Donegal and all it has to offer. We go through Sligo, Donegal town, Killybegs, We visit the stunning Sliabh Liag, which is the Donegal version of the Cliffs of Moher. These are the places of Myths and Legends.
Day 7 Today we stay local, we take a drive around the local ancient sites, lakes, and we visit a heritage center too.
Day 8 We leave the North West today and head back to Dublin, where we take you on a bus tour and then give you the rest of the day off to do your own thing, explore Dublin or spend the day shopping. We pick you up in the evening and bring you to your accommodation near the airport to spend the last night in Ireland.
Day 9 We say goodbye to the North West of Ireland and make our way back to Dublin airport.
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Westport Co Mayo.
Westport Co Mayo
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Please note that all, entry fee's and nightly entertainment is covered in the cost of your tour.
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Payment Plans
We have three payment plans for this trip for you to choose from.
No 1 Deposit of $250 to be paid by June 30th, with balance to be paid on or before Sept 2nd,
No 2 One time full payment to be paid on or before June 30th.
Installment Plan.
No 3 Deposit of $250 paid by June 6th with installments of $312.50 to be paid on 6th of July, Aug, and Sept and Oct. Single Traveler pays an extra $200.
Please make your check payable to:
Secret Ireland Tours LLC, and send it to:
Secret Ireland Tours LLC
P.O. Box 75059
Ft Thomas
KY 41045-0059
You can also pay through Venmo. Please contact us for details at mai@secretirelandtoursllc.com
What your price includes
1. 8 night/9 Day stay in B&B Accommodation.
2. Full Irish Breakfast every morning.
3. Transfers from Dublin airport to accommodation and return transfers.
4. Luxury Coach with expert driver.
5. Secret Ireland Tour musical guides.
6. List of attractions or activities you might like to do during your free time.
7. All entry fee's into sites and venue's.
8. Some entertainment at night.
9. Secret events for your enjoyment.
10 Snacks and soft drinks on bus.
What your price does not include
1. Airfare is not included.
2. Alcohol/meals.
3. Any fee's into venue's or sites other than what we have on the itinerary.
4 Tips for driver/guide
5 Travel Insurance
Travel Insurance
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We have organized music in the local pubs for our tour groups. These sessions are very welcoming to anyone who would like to sing a song, or dance, or indeed, join with an instrument.
You will hear, for free, some of the finest musicians in the country. These musicians have travelled the world with their music, but there's nothing like playing in the local pub with their friends.
We will bring you to all the stunning areas only the locals know.
You will see lakes, mountains, sea shores, forests, holy places, and much more. You will meet the locals who might just tell you some stories about where you are.
Relax and take in the fresh air. Go for a walk, take pictures and soak it all up.
On our travels we will see 11th and 12th century ruins of Castles, Abbeys, underground passage tombs, outdoor altars and famine grave sites.
You will go back in time listening to the history of these places.
We will also be bringing you to restored castles and modern gravesites. "Oh but why are they bringing me to a gravesite" I can hear you say. Just wait and come with us, you will be amazed at what you see.